European Geography in The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sis
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Theme: |
Creating a Picture Collage to Represent the Different Territories in Europe
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Grades: |
6 - 8
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Subject: |
Social Studies
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Duration: |
45 minute class session
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Standards
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Virginia State Learning Standards
The student will develop the social studies skills citizenship
requires, including the ability to
- examine and interpret primary and secondary source documents;
- create and explain maps, diagrams, tables, charts, graphs and spreadsheets;
- analyze political cartoons, political advertisements, pictures and other graphic media;
- distinguish between relevant and irrelevant information;
- review information for accuracy, separating fact from opinion;
- identify a problem and recommend solutions;
- select and defend positions in writing, discussion and debate.
Note that standards in this lesson plan are for example only. This lesson can be easily adapted to meet your state's specific standards
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Objectives: |
Students will:
- Locate Europe on a world map
- Locate Berlin on a map of Europe
- Research the symbols of communism as they are represented in the literature of Peter Sis
- Create a collage to recreate a map of the different territories in Europe after World War II to show an understanding of Peter Sis’s word choices as symbolism
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